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Now, More Than Ever.

2011 Contributors

The Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services challenges the community to support our very important mission - to give low-income people access to civil legal counsel.

We would like to extend a sincere thank you to our donors who made gifts from January 1 through December 31, 2011.

Founders Circle

John Marshall Society (1801-1835)
Gifts of $40,000 and above

  • Fenwick & West LLP*
  • Applied Materials Foundation

Oliver Wendell Holmes Society (1902 - 1932)
Gifts of $25,000 to $39,999

  • Kilpatrick Townsend LLP*
  • Morrison & Foerster Foundation*

William O. Douglas Society (1939 - 1975)
Gifts of $15,000 TO $24,999

  • Bingham McCutchen LLP*
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP*
  • Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP*

Louis Brandeis Society (1916-1939)
Gifts of $10,000 TO $14,999

  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP *
  • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • Munger Tolles & Olson LLP*
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  • Stewart-Thomas Fund
  • Silicon Valley Community Foundation
  • Amicus Committee

Benefactors Circle

Benjamin Cardozo Society (1932-1938)
Gifts of $5,000 TO $9,999

  • Dewey LeBoeuf LLP
  • DLA Piper US LLP
  • Haynes & Boone LLP*
  • Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel Inc*
  • Hopkins & Carley
  • Kaye Scholer LLP*
  • King & Spalding LLP*
  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • McPharlin Sprinkles & Thomas LLP*
  • O'Melveny & Myers LLP
  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • Perkins Coie LLP
  • Sullivan & Cromwell LLP*
  • White & Case LLP
  • Ariba Inc
  • Brendan and Lynn Cullen
  • Patrick and Sarah Gibbs
  • Neal and Andrea Potischman
  • John Savva

Felix Frankfurter Society (1939-1962)
Gifts of $2,500 TO $4,999

  • Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • Michelle Friedland and Dan Kelly
  • Andrew Huntington and Melissa Schoen
  • Thomas Kellerman and Rachel Hull Kellerman
  • Denis and Kristine Salmon
  • Joseph J. Sweeney
  • Garrett J. Waltzer and TaQuita Thorns
  • Ed Westerman
  • Kirkland & Ellis Foundation
  • SVB Foundation

Earl Warren Society (1953-1969)
Gifts of $1,000 TO $2,499

  • Alston + Bird LLP
  • Davis Wright Termaine LLP
  • Dechert LLP
  • Levine Bagade Han LLP
  • Littler Mendelson PC
  • Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  • Aon Professions Practice Group
  • JAMS Judicial Arbitration & Mediation Services
  • William and Marilyn Abrams
  • Craig and Rena Allison
  • Beth and Steven Bangert
  • Gary and Laurie Baum
  • Alec Y. Chang
  • Bruce and Lisa Deal
  • James J. Elacqua
  • Anthony Fenwick
  • Hon. John A. Flaherty (Ret.) and Georgina Flaherty
  • H. David Grunbaum and Mary Beth Long
  • Philip and Susan Hammer
  • John and Valerie Hopkins
  • Edward D. Johnson
  • Larry Langdon
  • Mark and Heather Malovos
  • Suzan Miller
  • Nadir Mousavi
  • Craig Needham
  • Kenneth Nissly
  • Luther Orton and Carol Reese Orton
  • James and Fabienne Pampinella
  • John and Colleen Place
  • Matthew Poppe and Ann McCarthy
  • Jim and Carol Snell
  • Marion and Emmett Stanton
  • Hon. Peter G. Stone (Ret.)
  • Karyn Sinunu-Towery and James E. Towery
  • Michael Trinh
  • California Health Care Foundation
  • Dennis and Gloria O'Brien Foundation
  • Pampinella Family Charitable Foundation

Supporters

Gifts of $500 TO $999

  • Heffernan Seubert & French LLP*
  • Sughrue Mion PLLC*
  • Valdez Dunson & Doyle LLP
  • Hon. Read Ambler (Ret.) and Cheryl Ambler
  • Anonymous
  • Helen B. Baumann
  • Mitchell and Nancy Boomer
  • Chad Bowar
  • Elizabeth and Christopher Cobey
  • Karen Olson Cottle
  • Julie Davies
  • Diane Holt Frankle and Robert Frankle
  • William Frimel and Susan O'Brien Frimel
  • David H. Fry and Whitney B. Morris
  • Hon. Catherine Gallagher (Ret.)
  • Brian Hunt
  • A. C. and Kathryn Johnston
  • Kenneth and Shannon Marie Kuwayti
  • Lynn and Leslie Pasahow
  • Christine K. Peetz
  • Maura and Will Rees
  • Annie Rogaski
  • Peter Root
  • Kate Schuelke and Bob Hayden
  • Paul W. Searles
  • Michael and Barbara Stern
  • John C. Tang
  • Robert P. Taylor and Anne D. Kaiser
  • Scott Taylor
  • Chester Te and Cynthia Dinh
  • Patti and Ed White
  • Stanley Young and  Hyun-Sook Park
  • Cynthia Zollinger and Michael J. Minor

Donors

The One-Hour Challenge Or Greater
Gifts up to $499

Law Offices of Kathryn Schlepphorst

  • Law Offices of Kathryn Schlepphorst
  • Beerstein Associates
  • Julia Akhter
  • Abraham Andrade III
  • Anonymous
  • Christopher Arriola
  • Marc Ascolese
  • Scott Ashton
  • Georgia E. Bacil and Brooke Myhre
  • Aldo A. Badini
  • Hon. Robert Baines (Ret.) and Bette Linderman
  • Jonathan and Cara Baker
  • Claire Bannister
  • Jost J. Baum
  • Mark and Susan Bertelsen
  • Micah Block
  • Adam M. Braun
  • Nancy Brewer and Francis Cavagnaro
  • Peter N. Brewer
  • Samantha Burde
  • Patricia Campbell Ph.D.
  • Dolores and John Carr, Sr.
  • Robert Cerpa
  • Alex C. Cerul
  • Laurie M. Charrington
  • Roberta Chesler
  • Hon. Vincent J. Chiarello
  • Teresa Choy
  • John J. Christin, Jr. and Nancy F. Dellamattera
  • Byde Clawson and Patricia Conolly
  • Charles C. Comey and Judith Huang
  • Charles Compton
  • Daniel and Linda Cooperman
  • John W. Dalton
  • Hon. Alden E. Danner and Ann Danner
  • Anne K. Davis
  • Kristin Dohse-Davis and Matt Davis
  • Paul and Amy Davis
  • Bartley and Deidra Deamer
  • Brittany and Jack Depuy
  • An P. Doan
  • Gal Dor
  • Sean Doran
  • Faie Dorin
  • Rolayne Edwards
  • Melissa Eisenberg
  • Hon. Julie A. Emede
  • John Fioretta
  • Gloria Flores-Cerul
  • Robert M. Foley and Dr. Tina Camagna Foley
  • John Francia
  • Mark and Nancy Franich
  • Jane L. Froyd
  • Judith Saeks Gable LCSW
  • Hon. Catherine A. Gallagher (Ret.)
  • Marilyn Garibaldi
  • Benjamin Glickman
  • Johnny C. Gogo
  • Suzanne Graeser
  • Khaled Y. Halloum III
  • Nels C. Hansen
  • Susy Hassan
  • Cheryl D. Hatoum
  • Deborah A. Hedley
  • Sue Holloway
  • Ilan and Wendy Hornstein
  • Mary Huser and David Cairo
  • Thomas Ivey and Karen Ivey
  • Brian Johnsrud
  • Alex Kardon
  • Kenton and Kuniko King
  • Leif and Ivonne King
  • Hon. James P. Kleinberg and Judith G. Kleinberg
  • Rachel Kleinberg
  • Samantha Knox
  • Sandra K. Kodani
  • Hon. Lucy H. Koh
  • Karl Kramer
  • Anne-Kathrin Kroemer
  • Hon. Thomas Kuhnle and Alison Cormack
  • Kerry Kumabe
  • Ken Kumayama
  • Katherine LaBarre
  • Peter G. Laughlin
  • Jacqueline K. S. Lee
  • Denise Leonardini
  • Hon. Mary Jo Levinger (Ret.)
  • Zhimin Lin
  • David Lipkin
  • Hon. Richard J. Loftus, Jr. and Karen Loftus
  • Karen N. Lu
  • Hon. Patricia M. Lucas
  • Marie Mackey
  • Emma Maconick
  • Kristin Major Siciliano and Dan Siciliano
  • Socrates Manoukian and Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian
  • Philip Marsh
  • Barbaro Martinez Ruiz
  • Marat and Arkady Massen
  • Stephanie McCleery
  • Valerie M. McConnell
  • Grace McKenzie
  • Sarah Morris
  • Hon. Leslie C. Nichols (Ret.) and Anita N. Nichols
  • Katherine Nolan-Stevaux
  • Janet S. Odell
  • Charles and Joy O'Rourke
  • Andrew Orr
  • Natasha M. Parrett
  • Holly Pearson and Darius Moshfeghi
  • Tyler Pender
  • Hon. Philip Pennypacker & Jean Pennypacker
  • Marc Peters
  • Michael Petrocelli
  • Dean Donald Polden and Susan Polden
  • Marsha and Michael Polyakov
  • Colleen and Richard Pouliot
  • Lilanthi Ravishankar
  • Mark R. Reedy
  • Benjamin and Carol Reese
  • Hon. Diane Ritchie
  • Andrew S. Robertson Ph.D.
  • Martha Rodenborn
  • Lara A. Rogers
  • Jeffrey and Anne-Marie Sax Rosen
  • Stuart Rosenberg
  • Peter Rudd, M.D.
  • Ping Santos
  • Julie Saranow Epley
  • Victor and Janet Schachter
  • Jo Ann Schiro
  • Monica Schreiber
  • Peter Schwarz and Aleta Kerrick
  • Emily Sheffield
  • Dr. Matthew Show
  • Warren Siegel
  • Courtney Smith
  • Shannon Stein and Shaul Nassi
  • Hon. Lisa Steingart
  • Margaret Stevenson and David Flamm
  • Roman Swoopes
  • Stefan Szpajda
  • Sherlyn Takacs
  • Melissa Tronquet
  • Elizabeth Trueman and Raymond Perrault
  • Dianna Truong
  • Alissa Turnipseed
  • Gerald and Martha Uelmen
  • Robert Vantress
  • Jennifer Wall
  • Hon. Brian C. Walsh and Susan Blair Walsh
  • Chris Waters
  • Alison Watkins
  • Bob and Nancy Weeks
  • Ben Wiegand
  • Molly M. Wilkens
  • David Witek
  • Sherry Wood
  • James Woods and Jeanne Chun
  • Richard Yankwich
  • Hope Yates
  • Commissioner Steven L. Yep and Charlotte Yep
  • Doris Zimmerman

Tribute Gifts

  • In Honor of Ilan Hornstein, The power of a senior Associate: 
    Ariel Beliak
  • In Memory of Anne Gilles Kennelly:
    Dennis L. Kennelly
  • In Honor of Monica Schreiber:
    Matthew Schreiber
  • In Memory of Nyla Wagoner:
    Brian and Terri Martin

In-Kind

  • Beerstein Associates
  • Berger/Lewis Accountancy
  • Bingham McCutchen LLP
  • Blattel Communications
  • San Jose Mercury News
  • Santa Clara County Bar Association
  • SVB Financial Group
  • The Recorder
  • The Daily Journal

*The Thurgood Marshall Society recognizes law firms whose gift is equivalent to $300 or greater per attorney in Silicon Valley.